20/20

autoperforation of self
an adhd self-effacement
with knee-jerk skepticism

(burn victim autopsy)

a substitute philosophy
bleeding-heart stoics
crusading against the Other
cover your right eye
and read the first line

tolerance level

no substance can change this
everyone uses something
what do you hide behind?
where's your crutch?
once it's over
you can never go back
even if you wanted to
nothing changes anything

shedding

some things shouldn’t be let go
seconds months years too late
destroyed all the chances given me
that day we were different people
that night I was already gone
see what we want to see
hear what we want to hear
we build each other into effigies
imitations of the ideal

what do you settle for?